TROUBLE ON THE WATER, ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, AS THE COAST GUARD, FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE AND OTHER LOCAL AGENCIES INVESTIGATE THREE SEPARATE INCIDENTS, ONE OF WHICH WAS DEATHLY. GOOD EVENING. TONIGHT SEARCH CONTINUES FOR A CLAY COUNTY MAN INVESTIGATORS SAY DISAPPEARED IN THE WATER AFTER HIS CANOE FLIPPED OVER EARLY THIS MORNING. SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO THE LANDMARK AT VISTA APARTMENTS IN ORANGE PARK ABOUT 4:00 THIS MORNING. THEY'RE TELLING US THAT A WOMAN AND TWO MEN WERE IN THE CANOE. THE WOMAN WAS ABLE TO SWIM TO SHORE. ONE OF OF THE MEN WAS RESCUED BUT A THIRD PERSON, A MAN, IS STILL MISSING. ASHLEY HARDING IS JOINING US NOW LIVE FROM THE SCENE WITH WHAT WE'VE LEARNED, ASHLEY. FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION HAVE IDENTIFIED THE MISSING MAN AS 26-YEAR-OLD RICHMOND GARDEN CHAMBERS AND THE WOMAN WHO SWAM TO SHORE, HER NAME IS TAYLOR STAFFORD, AND THE MAN WHO WAS RESCUED, HIS NAME IS ERIC BENEFIT DEED DAS. BUT THE SEARCH CONTINUES. IF YOU LOOK THIS WAY OVER MY SHOULDER, YOU CAN SEE THAT WHITE MARKER THERE IS WHERE OFFICIALS BELIEVE THAT BOAT -- THAT CANOE FLIPPED OVER. Reporter: RESCUE TEAMS SEARCH THE POND BY AIR, BY BOAT AND UNDERWATER. ALL IN HOPES OF FINDING A MAN THEY SAY THEY HAVEN'T SEEN SINCE THE CANOE HE WAS IN FLIPPED OVER THIS MORNING. AUTHORITIES IDENTIFIED THE MAN AS 26-YEAR-OLD RICHMOND GUARD CHAMBERS. THIS WOMAN SAYS SHE WITNESSED EVERYTHING. WE HEARD SCREAMING, FRANTIC YELLING FOR HELP, AND ME AND MY HUSBAND, MY LITTLE BROTHER AND MY FRIEND ALL RAN OUTSIDE TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. Reporter: FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION BELIEVE THIS IS THE CANOE GUARD CHAMBERS WAS IN. AS FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE SAY THE GIRL WAS IN IT TOO AND THEY MADE IT BACK TO SHORE DIDN'T BENEVIDAS WAS RESCUED. A NEIGHBOR WITH WE SPOKE WITH SAYS SHE HEARD CHAMBERS STRUGGLING IN THE WATER. HE WAS SCREAMING HELP, I CAN'T SWIM, I'M GOING UNDER. ME AND MY BROTHER WERE READY TO SWIM OUT TOGETHER AND GET AFTER HIM AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE TOLD TO US STAY ASHORE. Reporter: THEY NOTICED THE HEAVY VEGETATION IN THE WATER SAYING IT MADE THE SEARCH HARDER. WE TALKED TO SOMEONE WHO SHARES THAT CONCERN. I WOULDN'T GO IN THERE UNLESS I ABSOLUTELY HAD TO. LIKE IF I DROPPED SOMETHING IMPORTANT IN THE WATER, I WOULDN'T GO IN THE WATER. Reporter: IN THE MEANTIME THE SEARCH CONTINUES AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE HOPE TO HAVE ANSWERS VERY SOON. ME AND SOME OF THE RESIDENTS DID A PRAYER CIRCUMSTANCE THEY MORNING IN HOPES THAT THEY FIND THE BODY. ME AND A YOUNG LADY AND MY DAUGHTER AND MY PARENTS. I DON'T WANT TO COME HOME ONE DAY AND FIND OUT MY SON IS NOT COMING BACK HOME. AND THOSE ARE THE CREW WHO HAVE BEEN SEARCHING HERE ALL DAY, OFFICIALS WITH FWC AS WELL AS WITH THE CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE GREEN CANOE THERE, THAT WAS THE ONE THAT FLIPPED OVER THIS MORNING WITH THE THREE PEOPLE AND FWC SAYS THEY WILL CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR GUARD CHAMBERS INTO THE NIGHT. REPORTING LIVE, I'M ASHLEY HARDING, CHANNEL 4, THE LOCAL STATION. ASHLEY, THE POND LOOKS A LOT BIGGER THAN I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD NORMALLY THINK OF IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX FOR THAT KIND OF AREA. DO WE KNOW IF PEOPLE REGULARLY GO OUT IN BOATS ON TO THAT POND? YES, YOU'RE RIGHT. THIS IS A REALLY BIG POND. YEAH, SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS HAVE TOLD US THEY'VE SEEN PEOPLE GOING OUT HERE ON CANOES, ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF FISHING. BUT AGAIN, A LOT OF CONCERNED HERE TONIGHT. SOME NEIGHBORS WERE STILL HERE TRYING TO FIND OUT IF ANYTHING

ORANGE PARK, Fla. -

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has suspended the search for man who apparently drowned after a canoe overturned with two others in it.

FWC officials say the search has gone from rescue to recovery, and will resume Sunday morning.

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Early Saturday morning, two men and a woman in their 20s who lived at the Landmark at Vista Grande apartments went out in a canoe at an adjoining lake.

According to the Clay County Sheriff's Office, when the canoe flipped over, the woman, Taylor Stafford, 27 swam to shore and one man clung to a bucket until he could be rescued. That man has been identified by Florida Fish and Wildlife as Eric Benavidez, 27. Richmond Gard-Chambers, 26 is still missing.

A witness described the scene as Gard-Chambers struggled to stay afloat.

"Me and my brother were getting ready to double team it and swim out together to go after him. But emergency response told us to stay ashore," Findeisen said.

The Sheriff's Office dive team and other resources were involved.

Investigators don't know if alcohol was involved.

This article will be updated as more information becomes available.

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